Dummy-rifle.



M. B. REACH.

DUMMY RIFLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1917.

Pz ltented June 25, 1918.

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MILTON .B. REACH, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGN- MENTS, TO A. G. SPALIDING &, BROS., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY,A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DUMMY-RIFLE.

Patented June 25, 1918.

Application filed April 21, 1917. Serial No. 163,669.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MILTON B. RnAoH, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Springfield,Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDummy-Rifles, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a dummy rifle by which arecruit may be trained in the manual of arms more thoroughly thanheretofore has been possible, wiithout using a regulation form ofmagazine r1 e.

In carrying the invention into practice, I provide an implement of thegeneral shape of a rifle and having a sliding bolt and a handle formanipulating the same, means being provided to place the bolt underresistance in moving substantially equivalent to that to which thestandard bolt is subjected in throwing the new cartridge into place sothat with this dummy the user may perform the same sequence of movementswhich are necessary in using a magazine rifle of the approved pattern.

The invention consists in the features and combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side view of the dummy rifle.

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 3 a detail sectional view taken longitudinally of the bolt casingand adjacent parts.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of a member of the implement.

Figs. 5 and 6 are cross sectional views on lines 5 5 and 66 of Fig. 3.

Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views.

In these drawings the stock 1 is of the general form of an ordinaryrifle, this being made of wood. Upon the flat upper side of this ismounted a bolt casing or holder 2 which is formed of an elongated metalpiece, chambered on its under side at 3, said casing being secured inplace by screws 4 passing through the stock into lugs 4* formed with themember 2. This bolt casing has guides for the bolt 4: and in theparticular construction shown these guides include a wall, or partition5 extending across the chamber in the bolt casing, or carrier, andpreferably connected integrally therewith. This guides the inner orfront portion of the bolt. The rear end of the bolt is guided by therear wall of the casing, and at this rear part the casing is slottedalong its upper wall as shown at 7 said slot extending clear to the endof the casing and having its walls at the extreme rear end slightlyflared. This longitudinal slot in the top wall of the easing has alaterally and downwardly extending branch or extension 8.

This bolt carrier or chambered member is preferably formed by dropforging. The bolt, at a point in advance of its rear end, has a handle 6projecting in a general direction laterally therefrom, adapted to extendout through the slot 7 in the top of the casing or chambered member, andwhen the bolt is closed or shot forward and locked the said handleextends out through tile downward extension or branch 8 of this s ot.

Various means may be provided for limiting the movement of the bolt andfor placing the same under resistance substantially the same as thatwhich is encountered in the use of a regulation rifle in thrusting a newcartridge into place ready for firing, but in the particular form shownI employ a leaf spring 9 seated against the upper wall of the casing andpressing upon the bolt, and for limiting the rearward movement of thebolt I provide a projection 10 at its forward end which comes againstthe partition 5. In order to allow the bolt to be turned when in itsforward position, the wall of the easing is recessed at 11 on its innerface, said recess extending laterally and downwardly. The inner side ofthe upper wall portion of the casing is grooved at 13 longitudinally toreceive this projection. This stop, or projection, is formed separatelyfrom and attached to the bolt and in order to permit assembling, thebolt is thrust forward until its end lies in the recess of the casingbeyond the partition 5, it being understood that the casing is nowdetached from the stock so that access may be had to its interior fromits under side, whereupon the projection is attached in place. The boltis then positioned to make the projection regis ter with the recess 12on the inner side of the casing wall and this permits the projection tomove down into line with the groove 13 when the bolt is turned to itsposition for operation.

The dummy barrel 1 L is made of wood; and is of solid cylindrical form.It has a reduced end seated in a socket 17 in the zine gun and therecruit can thus acquire dexterity in working the bolt of a rifle; to

discharge the shell and load anew cartridge. The casing together withthe bolt, its handle.

and the dummy trigger 15and guard 16 being made of; metal, addmaterially to. the

weight of, the implement, a desirable feature in presentingconditionslike those met Wlth,

in handling the regulation; rifle.

It has been said above that the projection 10 on the bolt working in theguide; groove 13 of the casing prevents the bolt; from being turned whenthe bolt is retracted farv enough to cause its handle toleave thelongitudinal slot 7 of the casing. How ever, the presence of the recess12, when this is used, and in some constructions it m ay be omitted,render it desirable to employ addl; tional means for restraining therotation of; the bolt when in its extreme rearward position, at whichtime the projection 10 is reg istering with the recess 12 and thenoffers no resistance to the turning of the bolt. To hold the bolt atthis time under ordinary conditions, I provide a flat place m on thebolt which is. borne upon by the leaf spring when the bolt is whollyretracted and this restrains the bolt from turning. I It will beobserved that when the'bolt is drawn all the way back itshandle leavesthe slot. 7 and at this time the bolt isheld fromturning by the meansabove mentioned, and the handle thus will be kept in alinement with theslot? to enter the same when the bolt is thrust forward or closed. Thebolt can be turned only when itis moved to its extreme forwardpositionjwith the, handle in line with the branch slot 8 and with theprojection 10 in linewith the: lateral recess 11 in the inner wall ofthe casing.

The importance of providing an inexpensive construction in an implementfor use as a dummy is apparent and by providing the main element of theconstruction, ti e. the boltcasing of a form that it can be ma as a dr frg n vi g th p pe ons r s n a a ppo or h mova l parts and giving weight.to the implement nable ssto a ta n t e, n ught- The implement may beweightedto come stop at its front end to engage said partition, and ahandle 011 the bolt to work in the slot and its extension, substantiallyas described.

2. In combination, a stock, ,a casing hav. ing a slot with a rear openend, anda lateral,

front extension, a bolt guided in said' casing and having a handle towork in the slot and its extension and to leave said slot'when the boltis retracted, a projection on the front end of the bolt, said casinghaving" guide means for receiving the projection topr'event rotation ofthe bolt when the handle is free from the slot, said casing having afree space corresponding to the forward position of the bolt and a freespace corresponding to the rearward position of the bolt to,

allow the same to be turned when in either position, the one to permitthe bolt to be locked and the other to permit the projectionto beassembled with the bolt, substantially as described,

3. A dummy rifle comprising a stock, a bolt, a handle thereon, a casinghaving a longitudinal and lateral guide for the handle and means forplacing the bolt under resistance substantially equivalent to thatoffered by a cartridge in a regulation rifle, substantially asdescribed.

4. A dummy rifle comprising a stock, a bolt, a handle thereon, a casinghaving, a longitudinal and lateral slot in which the handle works, andmeans for placingthe bolt un'der resistance substantially equivalent tothat offered by a cartridge in a regulation rifle, said means consistingof a spring pressing upon the bolt, substantially as described.

5. A dummy rifle comprising a stock, a casing secured to said stock ofchanneled form secured with its open lower side against the stock, abolt guided in the cas- -ing and having a handle, said casing having aguide slot. with a lateral extension in which the handle works, saidcasing with its bolt and the handle being attachableto or detachablefrom the stock as one bodyandwhen removed permitting access to the bolt,through its open under side, and screws passing through the stock fromthe underside into the casing, substantially as described, g

6. A- dummy rifle comprising a stock, a

casing secured to said stock of channeled from the stock as one body andWhen reform secured with its open lower side against moved permittingaccess to the bolt through the stock, a bolt guided in the casing andits open under side, and stop means for the is having a handle, saidcasing having a guide bolt to hold it to the casing, substantially 5,slot with a lateral extension to receive the as described.

handle, said casing with its bolt and the In testimony whereofllaflix mysignature. handle being attachable to or detachable MILTON B. REACH.

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